Surayyn Uthaya Selvan
Surayyn Uthaya Selvan was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where he graduated with a BSc (Hons) Architecture. He then went on to work as an Assistant Architect at VERITAS Architects Kuala Lumpur focusing on rail transport design and planning. He also worked as an interior design project manager for Adaptive Displays before moving to Barcelona where he completed his Masters in Advanced Architecture.
Research Topic: Multi-criteria design decision-making for multi-species building envelopes
Contributing toward the EU-funded ECOLOPES FET-Open research project, his PhD research suggests a multi-criteria decision-making methodology and tool to support the computational design of multi-species building envelopes. His research investigates the potential to sequentially employ multi-objective optimization algorithms and multi-attribute decision-making techniques to generate and rank optimized design solutions. Informed by nested key performance indicators, the proposed methodology aims to facilitate multi-species building envelope evaluation based on varied architectural and ecological objectives. Through his research, he expects to contribute toward interdisciplinary approaches for holistic sustainable design decision-making. He believes that this will catalyse future city designs with cohabitation opportunities between humans and other living organisms through the abiotic, biotic, and built environment.